This paper presents the main methodological features of Abduhu’s school of reformation in the field of tafsir, especially its relation to traditional explanation of Qur’an. There is little doubt that this school, despite the critiques, initiated a range of useful things in Islamic world. Its influences to subsequent generations of scholars, through...

By Safvet Halilović

The aim of this short essay is to present an attempt to redefine conceptual distinction between civic and ethnic nationalism through a Rogers Brubaker’s dissertation, as well as to extend and deepen the publics’ interest in this American author. Brubaker works as a sociology department head at the University of Los Angeles. He has written many book...

By Šaćir Filandra

Regarding geographic position, natural and human resources and their general correlation in social processes, Sarajevo- Zenica region is the central territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Such geographic position makes it the core of Bosnian- Herzegovinian geographic area. This region controls considerable reserves of coal, forests, hydro-electric po...

By Džemal Najetović

As a resume to this paper I would like to set forth a critical viewpoint of a distinguished alim and a professor at Behrambey’s medresah in Tuzla, Ibrahim Čokić, who to this Schtadler’s statement replies that: “He (Schtadler, prim. B:H) has before his eyes his main wish and his ideal: to convert Muslims to Christianity. His wish was not fulfilled. ...

By Bilal Hasanović

At the time when Austro – Hungarian authority proclaimed the term Bosnian language official, numerous newspapers and periodicals, published during the period of its rule, insisted on phonetically orthographic principle emphasizing its advantage over etymologically orthographic solutions. In orthographic discussions certain resistance to introducing...

By Hazema Ništović

Studying Al-Faraby’s work, with an accent on his contribution to the methodology of language study, we came to the conclusion that he persistently tried to bring closer language and logic. Committed to setting a scientific system and research method which would be based on the reason and argumentation, he significantly rose above his time heavy wit...

By Mehmed Kico

The expansion of psychologists’ interests, for religious aspects of human existence, appeared a few decades ago, which is quite surprising, considering presumed importance of a religious domain in human life. However, despite a great interest for the phenomenon of religiosity this expansion in scientific study of religiosity did not bring any impor...

By Dženan Skelić

The theme of this paper is life-long study on sports. It is a research paper and its aim is to examine if there is statistically important difference in examinees’ attitudes regarding the way sport influences life, the reasons for enrolling the Trainer Academy, expectations, education quality and the ways of permanent improving. Another aim of the ...

By Refik Čatić

Sunnan are Hadith collections recognizable by Hadiths classified according to the Shari’ah legal issues. Actually, they represent a fortunate synthesis of Hadith and Shari’ah law, so they have been especially useful for Shari’ah lawyers in making decisions according to legal principles of Shari’ah. These Hadith collections were the characteristic o...

By Šefik Kurdić

Mehmed ef Handžić is considered to be one of the most prominent alims in the last century. Although he lived only 38 years (1906-1944) he wrote an imposing number of various works. He is one of the few, from the newer generation of Bosnian scholars that wrote original works in native language as well as in Arabic. He wrote works on Hadith, Aquida, ...

By Halil Mehtić